One can't help feeling the koalas are living on borrowed time with their badly adapted too specialized food processing system.
KOALA FOOD TREE PLANTATIONS
The Koala is an arboreal marsupial native to Australia.
Wild Koalas are found along the east coast of Australia and southern regions including South Australia. They typically inhabit the open eucalypt woodlands and the leaves from these trees make up the majority of their diet.
The Koalas’ gut flora is able to break down the toxins present in the eucalyptus leaves. The leaves have little nutritional value and the Koala is compelled to limit their energy use by sleeping up to 20 hours a day.
Though Australia has over 600 species of eucalypts, Koalas have a preference for about 30 species.
On average a Koala consumes 400 grams of leaf a day, usually spread over four or more feeding sessions. Despite their adaptation to a low energy diet, they have little fat reserves and need to feed often.
Their restricted diet and the need to eat regularly poses many challenges for wildlife parks housing Koalas. Hartley’s Crocodile Adventures has five plantations of Koala food trees. Each Koala requires at least 500 plantation trees to meet its yearly dietary intake.
The most favoured species are Eucalyptus microcorys, E. tereticornis, E. camaldulensis and E. Pelita. Between the five plantations, we grow ten species of eucalypt allowing us to offer variety to our Koalas. They are usually fed three different species on any one day.
The seedlings for the plantations are grown to order from seed and raised by a local commercial nursery. During the wet season, the seedlings are closely planted together in rows. The soil preparation usually involves deep ripping to encourage root growth. After the first or second year of growth, the young trees are coppiced or cut to encourage multiple branches. These branches are then harvested and offered to the Koalas as food. Specially trained Gum Cutters collect the small branches every second day from the plantations and transport the food back to Hartley’s in an insulated container. The waiting gum leaf is stored in a cold room to maintain freshness.
1600 koala trees planted at Arthurs Seat, Mornington Peninsula VIC this season by Mornington Peninsula Koala Conservation. https://twitter.com/science_koala/status/1309265852475125762/photo/1
Bobby, I don't know. I can only keep trying. Maybe a month. I still don't know what actually triggered my suspension. Probably that dumb WOKE Socialist Centrelink employee Bammy drongo who hates me and is very jealous of my superior posting ability and who has difficulty in even posting a letter.
I must see if I can still log onto Munk's Cesspool.
As yet I haven't been suspended again by BO. I am OK there just so long as I stay away from her beloved nutty as a fruit cake Billy the Kiddy the bearded and robed merchant of DOOM and GLOOM who keeps confidently predicting the end of the world complete with neurotic depression dots........................................
We are all suffering from depression. Some days we feel OK and other days very sad.
If it wasn't for Youtube I'd go crazy. This one made me laugh for half an hour.
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But Neffy, the legendary Jonesy DOES know it all - he IS the voice of TRUTH saving Australia. He exposes the nefarious sinister anti-Australian sabotage of the Greenies and the WOKE Socialists.
He is very "colourful", I must say. All those pastel coloured jackets. I am a conservative and vote Liberal but I just don't like Jones! It's a gut feeling, I dislike a few other people I have never met but "know" from forums and what they say. No need to tell you who they are.
I also couldn't stand Turncoat, refused to vote Liberal that time and just wrote rude words on the ballot paper.
Bobby, I don't know. I can only keep trying. Maybe a month. I still don't know what actually triggered my suspension. Probably that dumb WOKE Socialist Centrelink employee Bammy drongo who hates me and is very jealous of my superior posting ability and who has difficulty in even posting a letter.
I must see if I can still log onto Munk's Cesspool.
As yet I haven't been suspended again by BO. I am OK there just so long as I stay away from her beloved nutty as a fruit cake Billy the Kiddy the bearded and robed merchant of DOOM and GLOOM who keeps confidently predicting the end of the world complete with neurotic depression dots........................................
And Bobby you should hear the legendary Jonesy tear strips off of Danny Boy. And now what dangerous Dan the tool of the Greenies is REALLY UP TO!!!!!
Victoria is being prepared to go back to the 18th century as a primitive multiracial cesspool!!!!!! This is its Greeny destiny!!!!!
The Greenies' vision of Melbourne in the future!!!!!!
Is the Dan Andrews plot as evil as it seems? 20.09.20 Few would say there is little doubt that anything Victoria’s Dan Andrews hatches will be evil in the end. Terry McCann has twigged to what he believes the rat-cunning Andrews has been plotting for some time.
Chairman — sorry, premier — Dan might have to go and go right now as overlord of Victoria, the state of home imprisonment for a quarter of the entire Australian population and indeed outright 21-hours-a-day solitary confinement for those living alone, as I argued last week. But I have to also admit to some grudging respect for his devilish cunning.
It only came to me during the week that his closure of the state’s then biggest power station back in 2017 — Hazelwood, the supplier of up to 25 per cent of Victoria’s electricity — can now be so more clearly seen as actually a test-run for closing down the entire state, as he has done for most of this year.
Power grab would leave us all in the dark Source: Terry McCrann, News Corp
But the devilish cunning gets even more devilish, or cunning. It is now clear that the closing down of the entire state is itself an even bigger test-run for an even more permanent future — when the Labor government and its premier-for-life closes down all the other base-load coal-fired power stations. Importantly, that is to say, closes them down while not allowing anyone to look for, far less develop, the gas that could power even just one token gas-fired station — or indeed even the gas we incarcerants, formerly citizens, might want to use for heating or cooking. First, use the dusk-to-dawn curfew to get all Victorians used to scurrying home as the sun starts to disappear over the horizon — a real-life replay of those villagers scurrying home in those Hammer horror and vampire movies from the 1960s and 70s. Then it’s but a short Pavlovian step to having them all go obediently early to bed when the lights are turned off from Party Central — when the sun of course doesn’t shine, the wind might decide not to blow, and somebody has forgotten to charge the state’s (future) big battery, as we all know can happen so easily and so often.
Ah, welcome, belatedly, to 2020: the year the world went officially insane. One of the great conceptual images of the week was of our Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, standing in a virtual reality sense atop one of the richest and most plentiful energy coal provinces in the world, to announce none other than a new — drum roll, please — gas-fired power station.
It has Buckley’s chance of ever being built; there is no gas to fuel it if it was; the NSW state government and/or assorted black, red and green tape would postpone either it or the necessary gas to a date beyond the 12th of never.
But beyond all that, it didn’t seem to occur to the PM that there was a rather significant inconsistency committing to a new gas-fired power station in the middle of a coal field when he was simultaneously committing more taxpayer money to the fantasy of so-called CCS — carbon capture and storage. If CCS can “work” — it can’t and never will; that’s one thing at least I can agree with Dark Green fanatics on, albeit for very different reasons — why not commit to a new coal-fired power station, with CCS? It would have even less CO2 emissions than a gas-fired one? The PM could have his fantasy low emissions and get to eat his, albeit very expensive, reliable power?
We have a simple choice. We can have the cheap, the reliable, and the plentiful electricity that not only makes life functional but indeed possible at the most basic level. Or we can have the (short-lived) feel-good fantasy of so-called renewable energy, now apparently with batteries.
Renewable is of course a synonym of “useless” or “doesn’t work” — apart from hydro, which has essentially become the energy equivalent of “don’t mention the war”. A PM who was — what’s that word I’m searching for? Oh yes, a leader — would be making the case not for one fantasy gas-fired station but (at least) 10 to a dozen full-size 2000MW base-load stations, progressively over the next five to 20 years to replace the existing fleet of coal-fired stations as they reach their terminations.
They have to be, they can only be, coal-fired, gas-fired or nuclear. In a sane Australia — taking 10 as the starting point — they would be eight coal and two gas (to provide the on-off peaking power). But sanity could contemplate an alternative mix of, say, four coal, four nuclear and two gas — but only on the basis that red and green tape absurdities would not be allowed to destroy the viability of nuclear. Fantasists, main-chancers chasing billions of force-fed taxpayer and consumer dollars and assorted columnists keep prattling on about the future being renewable.
Could they please tell us in which century, not decade, that future will arrive? It sure won’t be this one. After the trillions, yes trillions, that have been force-fed into so-called renewables aka useless energy, in 2018 the world still got 85 per cent of its energy from the old reliables — coal, gas and oil. Yes, 11 per cent came from renewables but 7 per cent of that was from hydro. Just 4 per cent came from pre-19th century renewables. That’s wind and solar and the biggest component of all, so-called biomass: burning wood.
As I wrote in June when our twittering duo of Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull hailed the “end of coal” in the UK, one of the poster-children for this so-called renewables future, when the wind stopped blowing the UK had to turn on a coal generator.
This week, the UK was getting as much as 3000MW from coal — almost a Hazelwood and a Liddell. When the wind stopped blowing, the UK was getting as much as 75 per cent of all its power from coal and gas; plus another 15 per cent or so from nuclear. We have a choice. We can live in a 21st-century reality of coal, gas and nuclear. Or we can go back to a pre-19th century future of useless renewables. Excuse that final tautology.
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Lorraine 20/09/2020, 7:07 am doomsday is more likely as again the choice from Government is a lead balloon
Penguinite 20/09/2020, 7:57 am Another big Green jobs furphy has been blown-up with news from the UK that all their windmill towers are being built in China! Probably using Australian coal and iron ore!
ibbir 20/09/2020, 9:24 am I’m not one for conspiracy theories, but have found myself wondering what the imperative to close down the private sector, whom governments seem to think are the only ones who could catch the Wuhan virus is, and leave the public service intact. What possible reason could they have? Stupidity? Not good, but preferable to other scenarios.
Pensioner Pete 20/09/2020, 9:36 am ibbir: The actions you point out are those of a government intent on forcing the people to rely on the government for everything, for this is the way, to truly cower the population into obedience. Personally, PP calls this Communism, for that is what I reckon it is because the parallels to full-blown Communism, are too many to ignore.
Neville 20/09/2020, 11:53 am Ya pretty much beat me to it there, PP!
But Neffy, the legendary Jonesy DOES know it all - he IS the voice of TRUTH saving Australia. He exposes the nefarious sinister anti-Australian sabotage of the Greenies and the WOKE Socialists.
But Neffy, the legendary Jonesy DOES know it all - he IS the voice of TRUTH saving Australia. He exposes the nefarious sinister anti-Australian sabotage of the Greenies and the WOKE Socialists.
Jonesy purifies the nation and is the people's friend who alerts them to the Greeny and WOKE Socialist sabotage aimed at reducing Australia to a primitive 18th century multi cultural cesspool.
The bottom has fallen out of 2GB since Jonesy left to get away from the new "mis-Managers" who bought 2GB.
The Greenies' koala SCAM is falling out of its tree.
National Party will be ‘swallowed up’ if ‘Lefties’ take charge of government 14/09/2020
VIDEO: Alan Jones blows koala Greeny SCAM out of the trees: https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6190536851001
Sky News host Alan Jones says Gladys Berejiklian must come to terms with the fact that without the 13 National Party seats, she would not be premier but either in opposition “or on a pension”.
It comes amid a gradual move against the National Party in recent NSW electoral results, with voters moving towards the Shooters, Fishers, and Farmers, and One Nation.
The NSW Coalition government has lost ground in the bush over numerous policy decisions adversely affecting regional voters, including the recent Koala planning bill, the Murray Darling Basin plan, and the decision to ban greyhound racing.
“If the lefties take charge in Macquarie Street, which they have, the Shooters and Fishers, and Mark Latham’s One Nation will swallow the National Party,” Mr Jones said.
“Scott Morrison will be in all sorts of trouble retaining Government if he can't improve the National Party vote.
“And, under the leadership of this fellow McCormack, there is no reason for people to vote National.”
There is an issue about housing displacing koalas but Mark Latham identifies the scungy hidden agenda of the horrible Greenies as simply exploiting the koalas to try to stop all tree removal and to stop all logging.
The greenies killed hundreds of koalas when they started the bushfires in the forests after they banned the clearing of dangerous undergrowth.
So undergrowth clearing in the forests must be mandatory to protect the koalas.
The housing issue probably needs a coordinated approach where state govt establishes koala sanctuaries to replace the housing estates.
"If the wombat could climb a tree, it would be protected too. There would be a wombat SEPP. It is only because the koalas are in those trees and the Government has Orwellian mapping devices and satellite images that it thinks that this is some form of environmental protection."
"To say for ideological reasons that you want to wipe out coal jobs in an entire region—75,000 of them—and turn it into a rust-bucket region is not the Australian way. "
"I have had an ongoing issue—I was reminded earlier in the week with the passing of John Fahey—with the redevelopment of the Claymore public housing estate. In 1996 Mr Fahey abolished the Better Cities funding that I had lined up to redevelop that housing estate. Those people were living in the most squalid, desperate, hopeless circumstances, and it was a great redevelopment program. We finally get Craig Knowles in the State Labor Government to start it up, but what happens in 2011? Barry O'Farrell suspends all the work—a Liberal Party cancellation a second time."
"The whole point of the modern Liberal Party is to get out there on green issues and identity politics and ignore the social justice. Again, if John Barilaro calls attention to that, I say good, I say bravo, I say good on him."
Monique Tyler - Well said Mark. You always make sense. It's like you're up against a bunch of muppets which must be very frustrating as it is for me watching these greens and lefties ruin our country.
Hans Shultz - Mark ,you have a valid point with what coal can provide for Australia but to implement that idea, we need to also look at the what if's as well. What if's as in risk we will undertake if it went through. I am referring to long term effects. Our strategy should always be safety first as we would in OHS. In China today, including India, you virtual have to wear mask because of pollution. Can imagine Australia to be the same. It would affect our tourism industry. Just saying. https://www.visualcapitalist.com/worlds-safest-source.../
National Party will be ‘swallowed up’ if ‘Lefties’ take charge of government 14/09/2020
VIDEO: Complete lunacy of koala legislation: https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6190536851001
Sky News host Alan Jones says Gladys Berejiklian must come to terms with the fact that without the 13 National Party seats, she would not be premier but either in opposition “or on a pension”.
It comes amid a gradual move against the National Party in recent NSW electoral results, with voters moving towards the Shooters, Fishers, and Farmers, and One Nation.
The NSW Coalition government has lost ground in the bush over numerous policy decisions adversely affecting regional voters, including the recent Koala planning bill, the Murray Darling Basin plan, and the decision to ban greyhound racing.
“If the lefties take charge in Macquarie Street, which they have, the Shooters and Fishers, and Mark Latham’s One Nation will swallow the National Party,” Mr Jones said.
“Scott Morrison will be in all sorts of trouble retaining Government if he can't improve the National Party vote. “And, under the leadership of this fellow McCormack, there is no reason for people to vote National.”
The nauseating Greenies are trying to exploit the koalas to close up more land and stop any logging.
Don't gloat about your win on koalas Premier or you may regret it Barnaby Joyce Member for New England and former leader of the National Party
September 12, 2020 — 11.10pm
"War is politics by other means," so Clausewitz says. So I have a great interest in the tacticians of that horrific field. How do they inform us of the interaction of egos? Mostly this inquiry is better kept in one's own notebook to avoid ridicule for pseudo profundity. But, as I take a deep breath in, I'm prepared to say publicly that Sun Tzu had some fascinating insights into how to win battles and they are as relevant in politics as, I presume, they are in war. The political challenge to "koala laws" broke nearly every rule in this 5th century BC strategist's book.
The National's attempts to roll back new koala regulations didn't follow the Sun Tzu rule book.CREDIT:NINE
Let's deal first with the spark that set off the skirmish. The regulations are a confusion of emotional irrationality. Let's deal first with the spark that set off the skirmish. Trees now included as part of threatened koala habitat mean there is a new presumption that koalas eat pine needles. The symphyomyrtus sub-species, let's just say gum trees, are a much better candidate to stand under and look up if one wants to see a koala. Additionally, there is no point looking anywhere where there is just no history of koalas or where sightings are so rare and so long ago it is more a fable than a record. Lately the demise in koala numbers is not by reason of any action of farmers but, tragically, more by reason of incineration from bushfires, starvation post fires, chlamydia and predation by wild dogs. Farmers are not known to wilfully kill an animal their child has a toy of. Likewise, you could say all farmers are (now possibly were) fascinated and proud of the fact there were "koalas on their place!"
Not one of these new tree regulations is going to stop a fire or kill a wild dog but they will most likely change the attitude of farmers towards a national icon by reason of the threat these koala laws pose to their property rights. If you understand the value you put on your house then you will understand the value farmers put on their land. If you take that asset off them, whether in fact or in effect, and don't pay for it, then it is little different to the state putting a new caveat over the use of your kitchen. It is in its essence a transfer of ownership and a diminution of your property rights.
Barilaro’s backflip amid koala policy dispute
In a sensational backflip, NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro has caved and will not lead his Nationals MPs to the crossbench after a standoff over koala policy.
When the state divests an individual of an asset and vests it in the state without payment then that action lives between socialism and communism. It stirs emotions way beyond the issue at hand and that is why in the city people refer to koala preservation and, in the country, they talk of property rights.
It is not that country people have any problem with the desire to protect any species but we have a big issue with the price of every problem; global warming, emission reductions, fish preservation, vegetation preservation, biodiversity and now koalas, all arriving on our credit card.
Sometimes you can only explain a frustration by posing an alternate conundrum. The one I have been using is how would Sydney feel if the environmental requirement to return Sydney Harbour to its pre-white settlement, pristine beauty was by an edict removing all yachts, and without compensation. And if this edict was given from Dubbo.
To understand Barilaro's koala implosion you need to understand where power truly lies in regional NSW
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The attack on regional property rights has been happening for years. It stirs red hot emotions searching for a political voice. And if it is not found it will create one. This issue of property rights sits in the same compendium of grievances as so many other issues that affect country people, including fishing and shooting. I hope Premier Gladys Berejiklian understands this.
Koalas are rarely seen in trees around Newtown, Lewisham or Hunters Hill. No, in these areas you are far more likely to discover a wandering voter attracted to a green bait. These regulations are not there to protect koalas. They are there to protect Green preferences. Votes are being bought with our property and only the peripheral, not the underlying, problems of koala numbers are being addressed.
Now back to Sun Tzu. Warfare should be based on deception; well the Nats, as good country people, are about as subtle as a kick in the teeth from a black stallion.
You should know your enemy and yourself; I couldn't tell what the Liberals' tactics were, but I could watch ours on the rolling news cycles. Very helpful for those trying to counter them. Sun Tzu also had a lot to say about the virtue of winning wars without firing a shot, by bluff and intimidation. I believe Premier Berejiklian read that chapter closely. John Barilaro not so much. I don't believe this battle is won or lost yet and only offer the advice of not letting it become a war. The winners of an electoral war will be the Shooters' Party and Labor. Premier, if you gloat and don't fix this problem by quickly getting close again to Barilaro and dealing with these ridiculous regulations, it will become one of the reasons you may lose the next election.
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I guess they have to start somewhere but how many years will it be before the poor koalas can climb up those trees for a feed? 
